Low End Transportation

Alan,

There is absolutely nothing low end about using a Gulfstream. Running the Gulfstream probably makes the operating costs for the 400 seem like pocket change!

What s/n on the G-III? HPN or TEB based?

Jeff

 

ya that plane is a real sh!tbox...i like that car though.

 

Actually, I would say that running the 400 makes the Gulfstream look cheap! Good psychology there.

Great photo, Alex! Proof that only real scum drive 400s.

Aidan

 

Aidan,

Know you are having fun but have a current inventory run with a rotable Gulfstream brake assembly at $32,500 cost. Just got an industry derived annual operating cost estimate for a G-IV doing 600 hours at $2.5M (no capital cost). [G-IV has newer generation engines so it probably has lower fuel burn).

As a joke Alan might only be able to have a 400 because after the G-III expenses that is all that is left.

All joking aside, any Gulfstream is a magnificent ride. Great performance and real comfortable inside; just not the economy solution.

Jeff

 

You Bum!






_J

 

LOL!

That was pretty funny Alex. What's wrong with getting around in beaters?

 

Don't you know when you pull in someone mumbles, "A Ferrari 400i AND a G3? There goes the neighborhood!"

 

A G3 is a magnificent airplane. Very much like the 400-- probably similar vintage, in fact?

 

Alex
How about a fuel mileage comparison!
Kn

 

I can take care of that for you Alex; .... sucks and sucks more.
But the cool factor is way up there.

 

You hiring?

 

Did you ever get the engine rebuilt, or are you the reason for the high price of oil? Wasn't the car using somethin like 6qts of oil between every fill up?

 

The funny thing is that the GIII actually costs SOMEONE considerably more to fly per hour than a IV or V, in direct costs! Making it a bargain for the charter customer.

Although, it's not dissimilar to your 400-- the direct costs on the 400 are more than those on a new 612, also.

 

The GIII is a beautiful plane - my father flew one for many years.

 

Great plane and I think there will be some bargains in the next coming months, it is really getting harder to fly planes with this older turbines as the fuel prices have been rising very much and it hits the cost directly. I fly a lot from Mexico to USA and it is really much more expensive to fuel in the US, in Mexico I get jet fuel for around $3.5 a gallon while in Texas it is nearly $5.5 and it is one of the cheaper states I believe in NY it is almost $9 per gallon, this things are drinking around $2,500 - $3,000 worth of fuel in the first flight hour.

 

Nice post Alex but what mode of transportation do you use at your destination in order to keep those 'bottom feeder' credentials intact ?

A gas-guzzling stretch hummer maybe.........
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Aleventhal,

Have you tried MMO? Seriously, you might be suprised. It could seriously reduce your oil consumption.

Jim

 

straight 60 or 70 weight oil might help, hehehe.